Derasha 1 on Behar 25:33

Parashas Behar · Aliyah 5 · Passuk 25:33

The Complete Passuk

וַאֲשֶׁ֤ר יִגְאַל֙ מִן־הַלְוִיִּ֔ם וְיָצָ֧א מִמְכַּר־בַּ֛יִת וְעִ֥יר אֲחֻזָּת֖וֹ בַּיֹּבֵ֑ל כִּ֣י בָתֵּ֞י עָרֵ֣י הַלְוִיִּ֗ם הִ֚וא אֲחֻזָּתָ֔ם בְּת֖וֹךְ בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temimah cites Sifra / Arakhin 33b.

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Sifra / Arakhin
וְיָצָא מִמְכַּר בַּיִת... בַּיּוֹבֵל. מְלַמֵּד שֶׁאַף בָּתֵּי עָרֵי הַלְוִיִּם יוֹצְאִים בַּיּוֹבֵל.

English: “Then the sold house… shall go out in the Yovel.” This teaches that even the houses of the cities of the Leviim go out in the Yovel.

Type of Learning

Classical derasha (Sifra / Bavli Arakhin).

What Is Learned

Levitical city houses that are not redeemed earlier still revert at Yovel; they are the permanent holding of the Leviim among Israel.